I'm sure those Russian YouTube boys will come up with some broken hacker builds soon enough.
Haven't gotten to play thanks to starfield, I'm more a sandavistan hack and slash cyber samurai type. Super satisfying build.
They nerfed Intelligence long before 2.0 actually. In the 1st version, you could quickhack multiple enemies with most mods. They would all spread.
I think I was around level 20 where I no longer needed to fire a shot & could wipe out all enemies. Until you get to Adam Smasher. Even [Don't Fear] The Reaper was a cakewalk.
I think update 1.0 or 1.5 limited all mods except a couple from spreading to multiple enemies. The game became more difficult but I could still wreak shop.
2.0 is a different story. Level 50 has me getting handled by MaxTac now. They are absolute damage sponges. Maybe once I get to 60 I can upgrade weapons. Intelligence used up all of my perks.